New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-10-09

This mt totally different complexion upon ma Z,
ters Payne was certainly not PROFESSIONS In,e
one tOo-cOuld have operated upon Alice Virgin
and the iewel-case in the way which my theory
supposed he had done. There wa, really no cyl
dence against the young man aud gave up the
idea of placing him under arrest. A..
Six weeks passed. bringing no tidngs OF tne
stolen property, and had begun to look upon tne
returned to town and when reported 10 her my
inability to recover her property she seemed 10
have become resigned to her loss
bappened one morning shortly after tDls I'd DO
IN the shop of one of those West End Jewellers VINO
are IN reality "swell pawnbrokers,' when the
jeweller SAID to me: oa,,uoa D.,
me the other day which might have fancied were e
part of Lady Pinkertton's set ! half Thought OF
de aiming rhe lady and sending for YOU" ,..
:" And why didn't you Z l Interrupted. almost
Because the things were not diamonds at all
they were only paste.
paste! Then they can't have been Lacy
Pinkertons-bu are y0u quite sure T.
Perfectly sure. They were paste, but very
good imitation" . Ca.,5
the thief have taken out the stones re,
placed them by imitation Drlliants, anu
then tried to pass on III the stt Ia,Se possbIy
but on the other hand, the setting was the very
thing which any thief must have known might
lead 10 his detection. ,,r.
AN elderly wOman-I think she was French
woman" was the answer. -, a.,
"Can You give me a drawing OF one OF themi
The jeweller took a pencil and sheet OF paper
and In a f. minutes handed me sketch OF an ear
ring which certainly bore resemblance 10 ihe
rawing had made from Lady Pinkertons de-
| left the shop with the two sketches in nav hand,
feeling somewhat puzzled: On tho whole, though.
1t was worth while TO call on Lady Plnkerton, ana
show her the drawing which the Jeweller had
found her laayship at breakfast in her
boudor attended by her Eiod maa a. nv v ,sW
and then handed her the leweleiS sheIch asA
inc her if she recognized 1t. The lady TOOK
it with the tips of her fingers and looked at IL win
n supercilious air: but | could see that, IN spite
of her atfectation of nonchalance. she was deeply
interested in what had said.
mo" she said with a careless air. as she laId the
sheet Of paper on the table. ihere IS resem-
blance in shape, but that is nothing. II the ear
rings were paste as You say; aey ca"hc' '' inc
As Lady Pnkerton was speak king, her maid.
Alice Wright, approached the table with a ere I'M
jug in her hand and as she ana so she giahcenaI
the drawing which lay directly under her eyes.
A look of surprise came over the glrls race, ana
she seemed be on the point OF saving something:
She turned away, however, without speaking, ana
at sigl from her mistress quietly lett the room
drew the conclusion as certainly "a IL the girl had
spoken that, IN her opinion, the drawing nile ~
the jeWeller nearly rc5enDed, at least one OF Tue
missing Thinkers ard also suspected that her
mistress was desirOus that the girl should keep her
opinion to herself II seemed unnecessary to me
at the time to pursue the SUBJECT iurthoT Atter az,
there was nothing surprising IN Lady Pinkert0hS
unwillIngness to allow IL TO he supposed thlt her
famous diamonds had been nothing but paste after
"'Ncxt day. however Thought had better
the girl and question her. and was on the polntof
setting ont for DcvOnshre House Terrace, where
Lord PIukertOn lived, when received telegram
from the officer who had been instructed to keep a
watch on Alice Wrights movements. Alice
Wright seems to be leaving for the county snail
follow herr sail the telegram. Certainly;
aud wire address when YOU reach her destluatlon.'
replied. ;, ill.,
in one of the Midland counties. aud next morning
| surprised Miss Wright by presenting myself be-
fore her ,v,,,, ~. ~ s,e ,s.el Wit,
an anxious expression. know nothily 1oOut INC
"IdIn't say YOU do don't think you do" | re-
piled. All want to know Is; what do yoa tnlnk
Of This drawing" II lad the sketch had received
from the jewelIer before hor ~ spokeD - u
fur likeness OF one Of your mistres's earrings
" I don't know: it is not very like. she answered
slowly.
lyon thought it very like vc3ter lay said !;
she started. "perhioS | thought 50 ut first she
Icplicd.
WHY did you come down here'' asked
Ihs Is M home she answered with one
heat my mistress gave me a months holiday
yesterday
There was no more to be got out of her. and after
telling my man that he need not devote himself %
watching the girls movements any longer re-
turned to LONDON determined 10 clear up the inys-
terry If posslbly could. whether the diamonds
were real or not
After some littlc thought resolved to visit every
one of ne diamond mere hants IN the metropolis.
argued that # the Frenchwomln lwho "a
believed had had one of Lady Pnkertons
earring, in her. possession had taken ONT
tLe real diamonds and substituted paste ones
she would hardly make a sccout attempt 10
pass them OF for raj ones; but If she
had been ignorant of the real character OF the
brillIants II was more than likely that she would
try 10 yet another opinion "a 10 their true value.
With this idea III my head visited one diamond
merchants shop ter anGi her till az last found
man m quiet street OIL fiOlborn who remembered
an elderly French woman calling and showing him
II PAIR OF earrings, just about the time when the
West End jcweller had had the trlnkct offered to
him.
"Was it anything like this ~ | asked. pro-
duclug the sketch which the jcweller hal made
for me.
THAT is very ike it, as far,asI remember was
the answer The lady said she did not want tn
part with tho carrn0S-'he only wanted to know
whe her the stones werc real or not
As the diamond merchant was speaking the door
opened, aud short. stont woman. dressed IN black
and wearing a thick black nj. catered the room.
The leweller threw me a glance As he went for
ward To meet the stranger
"You were so very kind" she began. speaking
with "A sIght French accent. RS Ia give me an
opinion about trinket snort time ago. VIII YOU
be 80 good rs 10 tell me whether these. stones are
rcal :" rs she spoke she LAID of brlliiaats
exactly To the description had hal of Lady Pink
crton's diamond pendant. The diamond merchant
took up the cross
"Thcy are only pas'e' SAID he after moments
Rance at the ornament. II never saw better
limitations. but NOT one Of these stones is real
The lady seemed greatly Disappointed She
thanked the cwecr and left the shop. OF course
| followed her home, and arrested her on her own
doorstep. she was. found. Madame Brancllleau.
n fashionable drcssnakcr. In one of her boxes |
found a whole SET OF diamond OrnamcntS--ueck lace
pendant. tiara and earrings. complete.
Madame Brancilleau burst into tears and
loudly protested her innocence. but refused
to give any account Of tho jewels
til She was convinced that meant TO
take her to the police station. Then the whole
truth came out. The ornaments had been given
her by Lady Plnkerton hcrselfl Her ladysh,p had
found II impossible to array herself rs became
womon of fashion upon the very slender lliowahcs
which she received from her husband tor that par
pose and had run mp tremendous bill AT Madame
Hraucilieaus Tho diessmaker. who had lost
money in some foolish investments she had made.
pressed tho lady for PAYMENT Lady Pnkerton